Show CAMPAIGN OF 1906 1900 will be won by the democrats so sa says ys secretary ex whitney sy but silver will not be the dominant issue he has just returned turned de from front europe new york nov 17 the journal and advertiser today says in an interview lat last night william C writney baij if tha democracy be true truo to I 1 itself sell it will control ot of the nation in 1900 sir mr whitney was 8 in england on election day be said he knew too litie of but be conceded the improvement in democratic conditions and declared the outlook hopeful for the party restoration 0 of the democracy to power depends on the party itself it harmony comes it will win I 1 should eay say that tendency of democratic thought is toward a restoration of harmony bar coony to that extent the status of the party as a Voli political organization ie is improved does the complete restoration of borzony in the democratic party depend upon the change in the lassu issues s upon which its national battle was fought last laet year 1 I believe the issues will bechan be chanced god replied the ex secretary mr whitney declared himself out of 1 I politic Alfrid would go ro deeper irto a discussion ct cf election results he did not sav however that he would not take part in the future battle battles of the eta state to and national democracy although be he baa has held aloof from the councils council s of the party since the of 1898 1896 liis his friends understand that bis big inter inte interest est iest in its success has cot waned and that be he may resume bis his former share i in n its leadership when the occasion is is timely and that depend de pendeton aon what is done with the silver ilsoe c while the democratic platform m aad P line of campaign in greater new york were laid down in ja oom complete ence of tho the gold democracy Deme cracy to which in 1896 mr air whitney belonged he lie wae was understood tj have approved a strict adherence to the local issues and the waiving of the silver question by the party managers it now appears that he be in common with many other party patty leaders believes that the silver question will ill not be the dominant issue assue in 1900 and that the party division resulting from it in 1896 will not exist I 1 in the next national campaign the former secretary of ol the navy expects the republican administration to create naw now issues before 1900 which will give the democratic party its opportunity tor for a more aggressive and harmonizing campaign than it liae has had on the silver cisine mr declined to discuss the new democratic administration of greater new york and would say nothing as to the probable policy of abo t he appointments of mayor grain crops washington nov 17 abe the agricultural department has baa issued its monthly review of the foreign crop situation much attention ie is devoted to the grain crop of russia especially wheat on oil account of its tilde as a factor in tho the Europ european eaP supply the review says says that ail accounts agree in representing tl e wheat crop as deficient but as to the extent of the deficiency much difference of opinion exist exists the preliminary offic offie il figures for france show a reduction of 26 per cent below 1898 1896 and ani 17 7 per cent below the average tor for ten years ae As tor for five live years france and russia produced 25 percent of the worlds crop the review says a leavy shortage on both countries would therefore be sufficient in itself to produce a very sensible effect on the worlds supply independent of the short crops in austria hungary the Danti blan and balkan countries and elsewhere and the shortness of the jaet crop in india australia and argentina in ra germany rye which is the principal bread braad grain in that cou country n try has been beer officially estimated at 4 per cent less than last years crops the various estimates far austria hungary are more 0 or r less conflicting conflict inc but there I 1 is 11 ao no doubt ai to there be being log areavy a heavy deficit in I 1 ibo the wheat crop P the wheat crop 0 the united kingdom ie is estimated at fifty aud and two thirds i the preliminary er estimate fit pf the it ital al j j 4 L fan an wheat crop makes it bush elso ele agai against not 7 bushels last year the doumanian Roq Rou maBian manian wheat crop is to ealim estimated eted at buelt bueltell els the bulgarian wheat crop li etl estl mated at 40 per cent rye nt at 35 to 40 per cent end and barley at 25 per cent less than last year I 1 the wheat crop ol 01 turkey bas has been estimated at imperial bushels As regards to crops now growing in ehg V southern hemisphere the news continues to be favorable on the whole in argentina drought which for a time tinie in gome some provinces threatened a injury seems to have been generally br broken P k and danger of any serious loee loss froh euch such a source seems now iu in the advanced stage of 0 the crop sto have t passed the indian wheat crop has been eown sown under favorable conditions ind the ie is in general true of the winter grain crops of europe and both in india sm and d in eulos the weather eather seems in the main to have been very favorable to tle growth ot of the seed |